Fifteen and a half years ago me and my husband were blind sided with the news that our baby girl had a stroke before she was even born! We had never heard such a thing. Nobody we knew had heard that this could even happen! We felt so alone. We were told, she may not walk until she’s 2 or older, she may have other cognitive issues...on and on and on. We were just speechless. No where to turn, nobody to talk to.
We stumbled through the first 8 years without any support, except from the PT, OT and doctors in Seattle. Then we found CHASA, and that led us to Pediatric Stroke Warriors. Our lives for ever changed!
Our mission now is to spread the word that kids, babies and even unborn babies can have strokes! My biggest pet peeve is when I tell people she is a stroke survivor, I hear “I didn’t know that could even happen!” I’ve even heard it from Nurses, and Doctors!! Everyone needs to know.
Olivia has had multiple tendon transfers, heel and arch reconstruction and hours upon hours of PT. She suffers from anxiety, and all the other things teenage girls go through. But she is our warrior!
We stumbled through the first 8 years without any support, except from the PT, OT and doctors in Seattle. Then we found CHASA, and that led us to Pediatric Stroke Warriors. Our lives for ever changed!
Our mission now is to spread the word that kids, babies and even unborn babies can have strokes! My biggest pet peeve is when I tell people she is a stroke survivor, I hear “I didn’t know that could even happen!” I’ve even heard it from Nurses, and Doctors!! Everyone needs to know.
Olivia has had multiple tendon transfers, heel and arch reconstruction and hours upon hours of PT. She suffers from anxiety, and all the other things teenage girls go through. But she is our warrior!
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